overgrow, v. 1. cover, grow over, swarm over, teem over, overrun, overspread, spread over, spread out, spread like wildfire, run riot; superabound, overabound, teem, pullulate.
2. outgrow; overdevelop, Pathol., Bot. hypertrophy,
overgrowth, n. 1. luxuriance, superabundance, overabundance; jungle, denseness; overspreading, overrunning, wild or uncontrolled growth.
2. overdevelopment, Pathol., Bot. hypertrophy, gigantism, giantism, Pathol, elephantiasis,
overhang, v. 1. hang over, suspend over, Rare, impend; bridge, span, arch over, overarch, vault, bestride, bestraddle.
2. jut, beetle, project, protrude, extend, stick out, hang out.
3. impend, loom, hover, lower; menace, threaten, hang over one's head.
4. permeate, pervade, suffuse, imbue, fill, extend throughout.
-n. 5. eave, overhanging; salient, projection, protuberance, beetling, jutting.
overhaul, v. 1. investigate, look into; inspect, examine, scrutinize; check, check out, check over or through, double-check; inventory, take inventory, take stock, take account of; audit, balance, balance the books.
2. service, repair, mend, patch up, fix, Inf. fix up, Inf. doctor, put in shape, put in commission; restore, recondition, revamp, renovate.
3. gain upon, catch up, catch up with, come up with; lap, pass, overpass, overtake, overhaul, get ahead of, shoot ahead of, leave behind, leave in the dust, leave standing flatfooted; outstrip, outrun, outpace, outdistance, distance.
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4. general examination and repair, examina tion, repair, reparation, overhauling, fixing, mending; inspection, check-up.
overhead, adv. 1. over one's head, above, on a higher place, at a higher place, in a higher place; atop, at or on the top; aloft, high up, up in the air or sky, far above ground; skyward or skywards, toward the sky; in or to heaven, on high, in the firmament, in the celestial heights.
2. completely submerged, immersed, plunged; deep in, buried, lost in, swallowed up, consumed; engrossed, absorbed, entirely occupied or engaged, deeply involved; intent, preoccupied, fascinated, spellbound, rapt, mesmerized, hypnotized.
-adj. 3. over one's head, above, aloft. See - overhead (def. 1).
-n. 4. operating cost, expense; outlay, disbursement.